Auxiliary soap-cake cover



Nov. 25, 1930. J. A. PEREGO AUXILIARY SOAP CAKE COVER Filed OG?. 22,1929 `Patented Nov. 25, 1930 y 1 JAMES A. PEREGO, on ELIZABETH;ALOUISIANA" f AUXILIARY soAiaffcAKncovert"` C z Applica'kcionl `filedOctober 22, 1929 fSeral No. 401,456; f

This invention relates to improvements inV toilet articles and pertainsparticularly to an improved soap article.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a cloth casingfor toilet soap in which the soap may be secured and Where it is toremain until used up, the purpose being to provide a cloth for washingpurposes having the soap always associated therewith 1o thus making itpossible to do away with the necessity of keeping a cloth to complete awashing operation after the application of the soap.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cover for a body oftoiletsoap which prevents the soap from slipping from the hands and alsokeeps the soap covered and makes it possible to use the same completelyinstead of having a remaining piece to be diso carded after it hasreached a size where it would be inconvenient to handle with a separatewash cloth.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specilication, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing of the drawing but maybe changed or modified so long assuch changes or modifications mark no maf terial departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the lappended claim. ly

In the drawings Y Figure l is aview partly in elevation and partly insection of the soap cover embodying the present invention showing thesame applied to an oval soap cake. y

Figure 2 shows theapplication of a square cover to a similarly formedsoap cake.

` Referring more particularly to the drawing` wherein like numerals ofreference indi-k cate corresponding lparts throughout the several viewsthe numeral 1 in Figure l indicates an oval soap body showing Aappliedthereto the cloth cover embodying the present invention the same being:indicated by the `numeral 2. This cloth body is made inthe 5i form dfabag being woven to conform to the shape of the particular cake of soapto which a it 1s to be applied, the intention being for the soapmanufacturer to place the soap cake within the cover for distributingthe same either wrapped-or unwrapped as the cakes 65 are now distributedin paper wrappers and pasteboard cartons. y

As previously stated the cover 2 is preferably woven to the proper shapeto receive a particular cake of soap, one end of the cover being leftopen for the insertionof the soap cake after which it is stitched orotherwise suitably closed as indicated at 3. y The material ofthe cover2 is preferably coarse and of comparatively large weave so that watercan pass readily therethrough for contact with the soap body. While itis intended that the cover be formed of a suitable material whereby itwill adhere closely to thevsoap cake this adherence to the cake may beincreased by weaving into the cloth or otherwise lsuitably attaching toit elastic bands 4 which will surround the cake and as the same shrinksthrough usage keep the cloth in close contact therewith. i From thelforegoing description it will be readily seen that by encasing a body ofsoap as herein described the same maybecompletely used up and inaddition the soap body can be as readily handled after it has reached acomparatively small size as it can be when it is large. In Figure 2 Ihave shownmy invention formed for application to a square or oblong barof soap thev casing orcover here being generally indicated by thenumeral `5. This cover, likethecover 2, may be supplied with elasticbands 6 to extend longitudinally thereof along each of the four sidefaces and across the end faces in the manner shown, this 99 coverpreferably being closed along one edge as indicated at 7. From theforegoing description taken in association with the accompanying drawingitwill be readily seen that by providingsoap bodies with the coveringherein described the same may be more easily handled by the user andmore use can be obtained from the soap cakeV than can be done at thepresent time Vwhere small pieces of the cake are left after 100 it hasbeen used foi a, certain length of time y which vpieces must be thrownaway.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In combination witha cake of soap, a covering of cloth shaped to snugly receive the cakeand having the same exterior shape as the cake, and resilientcontractile bands conneeted with the interior of the covering andpassing around the cake for holding the covering in close contact withthe cake after the cake has been reduced in size.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my signature.

JAMES A. PEREGO.

